PLANNERS

Financial planning

There is plenty of consumer and legal/regulatory experience, but there are only two planners on the Government’s new Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority....

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Financial planning

Trusted advisers may help connect their clients to philanthropy, according to DSS study....

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Financial planning

Meeting planner needs has become an even more intense focus for the highly competitive platform providers, according to Investment Trends....

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Financial planning

Financial planners advising SMSF clients are overlooking small APRA funds as an alternative for those who want to exit SMSFs, according to John Wiseman....

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Accounting

Financial planners and accountants need to change their mindset and the way they work to successfully service SMSF clients under the new licensing rules....

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Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association wants the Government to ensure planner/client relationships carry the same legal privilege as lawyer/client relationships....

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Financial planning

The FPA has expelled a financial planner member for cheating on his CFP, while another awaited an outcome after acting dishonestly in relation to insurance applications....

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Financial planning

Financial planners and paraplanners who can add extra value to their role will be in high demand in 2017, according to Hays....

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Financial planning

Robo-advice is on the rise but the latest research from Investment Trends suggests it will be mostly positive for financial advisers....

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Financial planning

Existing planners continued to express uncertainty over course requirements under the new professional standards with the establishment of the standards setting body at l...

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Superannuation

There are jurisdictional uncertainties about which external dispute resolution bodies should handle complaints involving planners, according to the Australian Institute o...

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Financial planning

ASIC has confirmed it will be relying on professional associations to administer planner codes of conduct with the ultimate sanction being a planner’s loss of membership ...

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Financial planning

Older accountants and planners looking for an emergency exit from the industry would have to accept “fire sale” prices unless they modernised, similar to the dilemma face...

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Policy & Regulation

The chief ombudsman, Shane Tregellis, has said the Financial Ombudsman Service is never reluctant to call on the expertise of planners to help in dealing with disputes....

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Financial planning

Financial advisers have so far failed to tap into the untouched customer base of around 18.5 million people....

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Squeaky'21

My view is that after 2026 there will be quite a bit less than 10,000 'advisers' (investment advisers) and less than 100...

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Jason Warlond

Dugald makes a great point that not everyone's definition of green is the same and gives a good example. Funds have bee...

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Jasmin Jakupovic

How did they get the AFSL in the first place? Given the green light by ASIC. This is terrible example of ASIC's incompet...

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AustralianSuper and Australian Retirement Trust have posted the financial results for the 2022–23 financial year for their combined 5.3 million members....

9 months 2 weeks ago

A $34 billion fund has come out on top with a 13.3 per cent return in the last 12 months, beating out mega funds like Australian Retirement Trust and Aware Super. ...

9 months ago

The verdict in the class action case against AMP Financial Planning has been delivered in the Federal Court by Justice Moshinsky....

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